Name: Chris Shaver

Education: The College of William and Mary, B.A. Religion and History, May 1995

Colors: Green, Yellow, Blue

Music: John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen

Instrument: stringed

Spectator sports: Baseball (Go Orioles!), Football (Go Steelers!), NASCAR (Go Rudd!) 

Animals: my yellow Labrador Retriever, Hannah, and my kitten, Jefferson

Food: Chicken, Wendy's

Writers: Bill Bryson, Joseph Ellis, Mark Twain, Ross Thomas

Gal: Katherine Shaver

Computer games: The Sims, NASCAR 4, Jeopardy!

Current TV shows: The old black and white comedies on TVLand, and most of the shows on Food Network BAM!

TV show when I was a kid: The Andy Griffith Show

Movies: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Charade, any Hitchcock

Children's book: I Mean it Stanley

Toothpaste: Arm & Hammer Dental Care with baking soda

Collections:  Thomas Merton books, foreign stamps

I was born and raised in the small Southwest Virginia town of Pembroke, in Giles County. I attended Giles High School and after graduation I headed east to attend college at The College of William and Mary. I graduated in 1995 with a double major in history and religion, and hung around the 'burg to work at The Bookpress Ltd. In 1999, I moved to State College, PA to be closer to Katherine. I took a job at Webster's Bookstore Cafe where I worked until we moved to Raleigh in August of 2001.